Fire Department Management
The fire department management topic focuses on fire service leadership, from the high-level management issues facing fire chiefs to the administrative functions and budget issues that impact day-to-day operations.
A Decatur Fire & Rescue recruit school training video shows recruits facing a simulated injured patient inside a bathroom stall
A CAL FIRE employee had spent months as an inmate firefighter after a gross vehicular manslaughter conviction
The Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services Department is using a $1.3M referendum to improve its fleet and add equipment
Staffing-level dispute between fire and administration became emotionally charged after a woman dies in a house fire
The plan calls for residents to pay a user fee or subscription fee for EMS
Former chief who pled to 52 counts will make full restitution and receive a 10-year suspended sentence
The agreement will save the city tens of thousands of dollars by changing medical plan and eliminating bonuses
Amendment would give city power to discipline firefighters within 1 year after misconduct is discovered rather than 2 years after it occurred
Judge orders city to pay $320,000, strips 5 of titles in cheating lawsuit
Chief Kenneth Ellerbe confirmed to head fire department without requesting personnel file from former employer in Sarasota County
2-year-old population explosion not letting up, challenging responders in ways they never dreamed possible
Critical incident review report starts with memorandum including the department’s action plan 48-hours after Daniel Island fire
Local fire board approved this 2nd winter of charging for services not directly related to firefighting, such as water rescues and traffic accidents
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Chief Dyer told city council he would resign rather than move to 3-person crews on pumpers, which violates NFPA standards
County officials began examination two years ago
Volunteer said he was told to admit people only if they had received confirmation e-mail from society
New station would kick off plan to switch from 7-station to 5-station model
Retirement party delayed for chief who re-engineered department after Sofa Super Store fire that killed 9 firefighters
Chief Leo Gaudette was vigilant about safety of his firefighters, ‘a stickler for avoiding needless injuries’
City of Hemet intends to hire full-time fire chief in coming weeks, sign that contracting out for fire services is now unlikely
El Paso County leaders who run station in Socorro say it would put city millions of dollars in debt
Normally, ladder truck must be connected to fire engine, which has pump, but one Walker County ordered is combination
Failing to be an up-standing, law-abiding member of the community puts all firefighters at risk
Fire chief says packs have been failing at least once a month
The ruling could affect thousands of minorities who took the firefighter exam
Lawsuit concerned 5 black firefighters who finished among top 8 highest test scorers
Piece of concrete fell from ceiling of basement office, hitting firefighter; engineers deemed building unsafe because of stress cracks
Mass. chief’s love of community and firefighters recalled
Retired Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff said he was ‘deathly against’ closing fire houses or reducing minimum staffing requirement on fire apparatus
Michael B. Wilson, free on a $10,000 secured bond, submitted letter of resignation to city that was prepared to fire him the next day
Firefighter-paramedic Randy Moore, 40, admitted to putting Gunk, an aerosol cleaner-degreaser, in Fire Lt. Phil Jones’s canteen
Millage would pay for Howell Area Fire Authority’s equipment, facilities and improvements